Retired Rakkasan visits leaders, shares experience [Image 1 of 2]

FORT KNOX, KY, UNITED STATES

08.23.2013

Maj. Gen. Robert F. Dees, retired, former commander of the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and current honorary commander of the 187th Infantry Regiment, visited leaders at the brigade headquarters on Fort Campbell, Ky., Aug 23, 2013. Dees commanded airborne, air assault, and mechanized infantry forces from platoon through division level; including two tours as company commander and regimental commander in the historic “Rakkasans,” the 187th Regimental Combat Team. General Dees is a distinguished member of the regiment, and now serves as honorary colonel of the regiment for the Rakkasans. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton, 3rd BCT Public Affairs)